Movies Like Minions: The Rise of Gru

If you liked Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), a animation and comedy movie directed by Kyle Balda, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Despicable Me 4 (2024)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend…
2
Minions (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also family and animation
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
3
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and family
Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a…
4
Megamind (2010)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain…
5
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedy
Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads…
6
Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
Batman, Batgirl, and Robin forge an alliance with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to fight against the Turtles' sworn enemy, The Shredder, who has apparently teamed up with Ra's Al Ghul and The League of Assassins.
7
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and family
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to…
8
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also family and comedy
When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel - to master…
9
Lightyear (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.
10
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and family
After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean…
11
The Twits (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and comedy
When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down.
12
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
★ 6/10Also family and comedy
Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in New York City - and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the…
13
Home (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and animation
When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful…
14
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny…
15
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedy
Evil pirate Burger Beard is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, but the final page happens to be the Krabby Patty secret formula. When Burger Beard…
16
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and science fiction
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only…
17
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedy
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
18
Transformers One (2024)
★ 8/10Also animation and science fiction
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
19
Tom & Jerry (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and family
Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse get kicked out of their home and relocate to a fancy New York hotel, where a scrappy employee named Kayla will lose her job if she can’t evict Jerry before a high-class wedding at the…
20
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
All the major DC superheroes are starring in their own films, all but the Teen Titans, so Robin is determined to remedy this situation by getting over his role as a sidekick and becoming a movie star. Thus, with a few…